Syracuse Medical Malpractice Lawyers

If you or a loved one has been harmed by a doctor, surgeon, hospital, or other healthcare provider in Syracuse, our Syracuse medical malpractice lawyers are here to help. Syracuse is anchored by a robust healthcare system, from Upstate University Hospital and Crouse Hospital to St. Joseph’s Health, yet even at respected Central New York institutions, medical errors still cause serious, sometimes life-altering harm. When a trusted provider’s negligence changes your life, you deserve a legal team that understands New York medical malpractice law and knows how to hold the medical industry accountable.

Patients harmed by medical negligence in Syracuse have two and a half years from the date of the negligent treatment to file a medical malpractice lawsuit in New York under CPLR 214-a. These are among the most complex and expert-intensive cases in personal injury law, and matters involving permanent injury, surgical errors, or delayed cancer diagnosis demand especially careful investigation. Porter Law Group has represented injured patients across New York for decades, and we handle every medical malpractice case on a contingency fee basis, so there is nothing upfront and nothing unless we win. Call 833-PORTER9 for a free, no-obligation case review.

Families dealing with the harm caused by medical malpractice in Syracuse, New York, do not have to face it alone. Medical malpractice litigation is the most procedurally demanding area of personal injury law in New York, and the aftermath of a serious medical error can be overwhelming as bills mount and your health hangs in the balance. Our attorneys bring decades of experience fighting for injured patients in Syracuse and across New York State, and we work with nationally recognized medical experts to build cases that hold negligent providers and hospitals accountable. We offer free, no-obligation consultations and work on a contingency fee basis, so you do not pay unless we win your case. Contact us today, and view the results we have achieved for previous clients.

Why Choose Porter Law Group as Your Syracuse Medical Malpractice Lawyers?

You are most likely to need a Syracuse medical malpractice lawyer when a medical error has caused serious injury, when a hospital or physician’s insurer has denied responsibility, or when you simply cannot tell whether a bad outcome was avoidable. Hiring an attorney also changes what your claim is worth. The Insurance Research Council found that represented claimants recover an average of 3.5 times more than those who handle claims alone, and in medical malpractice that gap is even wider because of the expert-driven nature of the evidence.

What a Syracuse Medical Malpractice Lawyer Does

Before a lawsuit can even be filed, New York requires a formal certificate signed by a qualified medical expert confirming the case has merit, and insurance carriers for hospitals, surgical groups, and physicians deploy specialized defense firms that handle these cases exclusively. Because of this, a Syracuse medical malpractice lawyer handles five core tasks that injured patients cannot manage alone:

1. Obtain and review your medical records before the case can be evaluated. A complete picture of what happened, when, and who was involved begins with a full records review that requires legal authority to obtain.
2. Retain qualified medical experts to establish what went wrong. New York requires expert testimony to prove that care fell below accepted standards, and Porter Law Group has established relationships with board-certified specialists across every relevant field.
3. Secure the required certificate of merit. Without this document, a medical malpractice lawsuit cannot proceed in New York. An attorney obtains it before any filing deadline expires.
4. Calculate the full value of the claim. Future medical costs, lost earning capacity, and non-economic damages must be documented and projected by medical, vocational, and economic experts.
5. Litigate against well-funded hospital defendants. These cases almost never settle quickly, so Porter Law Group prepares every medical malpractice case for trial from day one.

Local Syracuse and Onondaga County Knowledge

A local attorney familiar with Onondaga County Supreme Court at 401 Montgomery Street, the medical facilities in Syracuse, and the defense firms that represent Upstate Medical University, Crouse Health, and St. Joseph’s Health understands the specific dynamics that shape these cases. Syracuse medical malpractice lawsuits are filed and heard in New York’s Fifth Judicial District, where local rulings on motions and expert evidence can shape a case long before trial. We regularly practice in this court and are familiar with the procedures of the Fifth Judicial District and the local bench and defense bar.

What Sets Porter Law Group Apart

The lawyers at Porter Law Group bring decades of experience representing individuals and families whose lives have been devastated by catastrophic injuries, and we have won large verdicts and settlements in courts throughout New York State. We are a statewide firm that handles cases with a hometown feel. Every medical malpractice case is handled on a contingency fee basis, consultations are free with hospital and home visits available 24 hours a day, and you work directly with the attorney handling your case, not a case manager. We have pursued recoveries in matters as serious as a fatal lung cancer medical negligence case and a fatal medical negligence case. Read our client testimonials and verified case results, and meet our team on the Attorneys and Staff page.

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Do I Have a Medical Malpractice Case?

A viable medical malpractice claim in New York requires four essential elements. Understanding whether your situation meets these criteria is the first step toward seeking justice and compensation. The four elements are:

1. Duty. A New York licensed health professional or hospital was involved in your care, which establishes a doctor-patient relationship and a duty of care.
2. Breach of the standard of care. The care you received fell below what a reasonably competent provider would have done in similar circumstances.
3. Causation. That lapse directly caused a new injury or a significant worsening of your condition, rather than simply reflecting your underlying illness. This is often the most challenging element to prove.
4. Damages. You suffered measurable harm, such as additional treatment costs, lost income, pain and suffering, or a reduced quality of life.

Not every bad medical outcome is malpractice. A surgeon who encounters an unexpected complication after following every protocol has not committed malpractice, but a surgeon who skips required pre-operative testing that would have revealed a dangerous condition may have. When our Syracuse medical malpractice attorneys evaluate a potential case, they look for a clear deviation from the standard of care, direct causation linking that deviation to your injury, significant damages, timely filing within New York’s statute of limitations, and expert support from a qualified specialist willing to testify.

A few questions can help you decide whether to call:

• Were you under the care of a licensed healthcare provider in New York?
• Did something go wrong during your treatment that seems preventable?
• Did your condition worsen or did you develop new problems after receiving care?
• Have you incurred significant medical bills, lost wages, or ongoing pain?
• Did this occur within the last two and a half years?

If you answered yes to these questions, contact the Porter Law Group for a free case evaluation. You can also read our guides on how to evaluate a potential malpractice case and how to prove medical malpractice in New York before you call.

Types of Medical Malpractice We Handle

Porter Law Group represents patients harmed across every type of medical error in Syracuse and Onondaga County. Below are the most common forms of medical negligence our Syracuse attorneys handle.

Misdiagnosis and Delayed Diagnosis

A failure to diagnose a disease, a misdiagnosis, or a delayed diagnosis can postpone appropriate treatment and worsen a patient’s condition. Misdiagnosis occurs when a provider identifies the wrong condition, delayed diagnosis occurs when a provider fails to catch a disease in its early stages, and a false positive leads a patient to undergo costly and sometimes harmful treatment for a disease they never had. Missed or delayed diagnoses of cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and infections are among the most serious errors because the harm caused by the delay is what gives rise to the claim.

Cancer Misdiagnosis or Delayed Cancer Diagnosis

Errors in cancer diagnosis are among the most serious types of medical negligence, often leading to more aggressive treatment, reduced quality of life, or premature death. In Syracuse’s hospitals and specialized oncology centers, failures in cancer detection can occur due to misinterpreted test results, overlooked symptoms, or delayed referrals to a specialist. Commonly misdiagnosed cancers include prostate cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer. Our Syracuse failure to diagnose cancer lawyers have extensive experience holding negligent providers accountable for these critical mistakes.

Surgical Errors

Surgical errors may be errors of omission, such as a surgeon’s failure to do something necessary, or errors of commission, which involve doing something beyond what is safe and reasonable. Common examples include retained foreign bodies (surgical tools left inside the patient), mislabeled surgical specimens, wrong-site surgery, wrong-procedure surgery, and wrong-person surgery. These mistakes can be fatal and often require corrective procedures, cause infections and organ damage, and produce permanent consequences. Learn more about our work on surgical error cases in Syracuse.

Medication and Anesthesia Errors

Medication errors occur when doctors or pharmacists are negligent in prescribing or dispensing medicine, including prescribing the wrong drug or dosage, failing to check for drug interactions or allergies, or misreading a prescription. These prescription errors can cause adverse drug reactions, organ damage, worsening of an underlying condition, and death. Anesthesia errors can cause awareness during surgery, oxygen deprivation, or overdose, producing some of the most catastrophic outcomes in medical malpractice law.

Emergency Room and Hospital Negligence

Emergency room negligence includes the failure to treat time-sensitive conditions, the failure to order appropriate diagnostic tests, and the failure to refer a patient to a specialist. Hospitals are also independently responsible for systemic failures, including inadequate staffing and poor infection control that leads to a hospital-acquired infection. If you contracted a hospital-acquired infection at a Syracuse facility, you may be entitled to compensation.

Birth Injuries

Negligence during labor and delivery can cause birth injuries such as cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, hypoxic brain injury, and spinal cord damage. Causes include the improper use of forceps or vacuum extractors, delayed cesarean sections, failure to monitor fetal distress, and oxygen deprivation during delivery. These cases can carry large verdicts because of the lifetime nature of the damages. Our Syracuse birth injury lawyers handle delivery-room negligence throughout Central New York, and we regularly represent families in Syracuse birth injury cases.

We also represent patients in cases involving:

• Cardiology malpractice and pulmonology malpractice
• Oncology malpractice and radiology malpractice
• Neurology malpractice and neurosurgery malpractice
• Orthopedic malpractice and sports medicine malpractice
• OB/GYN malpractice and pediatric malpractice
• Ophthalmology malpractice, urology malpractice, nephrology malpractice, proctology malpractice, and podiatry malpractice
• Pathology malpractice, primary care and family medicine malpractice, and pain management malpractice
• Nursing malpractice and nursing home negligence

Syracuse Hospitals Where Medical Malpractice Happens

Syracuse’s healthcare system includes major medical centers that serve all of Central New York. These institutions provide critical care to the region, but medical errors still occur inside their walls, and Porter Law Group has represented Syracuse residents harmed at facilities throughout Onondaga County.

Upstate University Hospital, at 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, is the 752-bed academic medical center of SUNY Upstate Medical University and the only Level 1 trauma center in the region. It is a high-acuity teaching hospital, and the attached Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital serves as the pediatric referral center for much of Central New York. Because Upstate handles the most complex surgeries and critical-care cases in the region, it is also where catastrophic surgical and diagnostic errors can occur, and where the medical proof in a malpractice case is often the most technical.

Crouse Hospital, at 736 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210, is the largest birthing hospital in the region, delivering close to 4,000 babies a year, and it is home to the Baker Regional NICU, the only unit in Central New York designated by the state as a Regional Perinatal Center, its highest tier. Because Crouse manages such a high volume of labor and delivery cases, delivery-room negligence, fetal-monitoring failures, and birth injuries are among the claims we handle there.

St. Joseph’s Health Hospital, at 301 Prospect Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13203, is a 451-bed hospital, a designated Stroke Center, and a major cardiac care center serving Central New York, and its Level III NICU cares for premature and critically ill infants from 16 counties. Misdiagnosis and treatment-delay cases involving time-sensitive cardiac, stroke, and neonatal conditions can arise at facilities that manage this level of complex, urgent care.

Other Syracuse facilities where negligence can occur include the Upstate Community Campus at 4900 Broad Road, Syracuse, NY 13215, where Upstate’s routine deliveries take place, and the Syracuse VA Medical Center at 800 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210. We have successfully represented Syracuse residents in cases involving surgical errors at Upstate University Hospital, birth injuries at Crouse Hospital, misdiagnosis at St. Joseph’s Health, and medication errors at community facilities. We handle claims involving negligence at facilities such as:

• Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital
• VA Syracuse Healthcare
• Syracuse Community Health Center
• CNY Family Care in East Syracuse
• Loretto Health and Rehabilitation
• St. Camillus Health and Rehabilitation Center
• Hutchings Psychiatric Center
• Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare

We also represent patients harmed at hospitals across the surrounding Central New York region, including Oswego Hospital, Oneida Health Hospital, Rome Memorial Hospital, Guthrie Cortland Medical Center, Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, and the Utica hospitals St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare, and Wynn Hospital.

What to Do If You Suspect Medical Malpractice in Syracuse

If you believe a healthcare provider caused you harm, the steps you take next protect your right to compensation.

1. Get a second medical opinion from an independent provider. A separate physician can assess your current condition and identify what went wrong without the conflicts that exist with your original provider.
2. Request your complete medical records in writing. You have the right to your full records from every provider involved. Keep copies of everything you receive.
3. Write down everything you remember while it is fresh. Dates, names, what was said, what treatment you received, and what symptoms appeared all become important evidence.
4. Do not discuss the situation with your original provider’s staff or their insurer. Anything you say can be used to reframe the timeline of events against you.
5. Contact Porter Law Group as soon as possible. Building a medical malpractice case takes months before any lawsuit is filed, because expert review, record analysis, and certificate of merit preparation all take time. Call 833-PORTER9 for a free consultation available 24 hours a day.

New York Medical Malpractice Laws Every Syracuse Patient Should Know

Several legal rules shape every medical malpractice case filed in Syracuse and Onondaga County. Understanding them before you speak with a hospital’s insurer is essential.

The Filing Deadline Is Shorter Than Most People Expect

Under New York Civil Practice Law and Rules section 214-a, medical malpractice claims generally must be filed within two years and six months from the date of the negligent treatment, which is shorter than the standard three-year personal injury deadline. Specific statutory exceptions apply:

• Continuous treatment. If your doctor continued treating you for the same condition after the error, the clock may not start until that treatment ends.
• Foreign objects left in the body. A claim may be brought within one year of discovery.
• Cancer misdiagnosis under Lavern’s Law. For a failure to diagnose cancer, the two-and-a-half-year clock runs from when you discovered, or reasonably should have discovered, the malpractice, up to a maximum of seven years from the negligent act.

Because these rules are fact-specific and the pre-filing expert process takes time, contacting an attorney as soon as you suspect negligence is critical. For a full breakdown, read our guide on the statute of limitations for medical malpractice in New York.

New York Requires a Medical Expert Before You Can File

Before a lawsuit is filed, the attorney must obtain a certificate of merit under CPLR 3012-a, signed by a qualified medical expert who confirms the case has a reasonable basis. Without it, the lawsuit cannot proceed. This requirement ensures cases have solid medical support from the outset, and it is one reason medical malpractice cases require attorney involvement earlier than other personal injury claims. According to the National Practitioner Data Bank, New York consistently ranks among the highest states for medical malpractice payment volume nationally.

Where Syracuse Medical Malpractice Cases Are Filed

In Syracuse, medical malpractice lawsuits are filed in Onondaga County Supreme Court, located in the Onondaga County Courthouse at 401 Montgomery Street, the civil trial court for Onondaga County and part of New York’s Fifth Judicial District. Filing is handled electronically through the state’s mandatory NYSCEF e-filing system, and this is where your case receives its index number from the Onondaga County Clerk and proceeds toward trial. A local attorney who regularly appears in this court understands how the local bench and defense bar handle these cases, which can meaningfully affect your result.

What to Expect During a Medical Malpractice Case

While every case is unique, most Syracuse medical malpractice cases follow a similar path through the New York court system. Knowing the stages ahead of time helps you understand what to expect and why these cases take longer than a typical injury claim.

Records review and initial screening. Your case begins with a consultation where we listen to your story, then request and organize all relevant medical records from every provider and facility involved. We compare the care you received against expected medical standards, consult informally with a specialist, and evaluate whether the four essential elements of duty, breach, causation, and damages are present. This phase typically takes one to six months and tells us whether you have a viable claim worth pursuing.

Formal expert review and certificate of merit. If the initial screening suggests malpractice occurred, we retain at least one appropriately qualified medical expert to conduct an in-depth review, prepare a formal opinion on the standard of care and how it was breached, and document how that breach caused your injury. We then prepare the attorney’s certificate of merit required by CPLR 3012-a, confirming there is a reasonable basis for the claim. New York law requires this certificate to be filed along with your complaint.

Filing and early court procedures. Once we have expert support, we draft and serve the complaint on all defendants, file the certificate of merit, and, in Supreme Court malpractice actions, file the Notice of Medical Malpractice under CPLR 3406 within 60 days after joinder of issue. We also file a Request for Judicial Intervention and attend preliminary conferences where the court sets discovery deadlines. Your case is assigned to an expedited, standard, or complex management track based on its complexity, which determines how much time is allowed for discovery.

Discovery. Discovery is the most extensive phase, where both sides exchange information and gather evidence. We exchange medical and financial records with the defense, serve written interrogatories and document requests, conduct depositions of treating providers and expert witnesses, and analyze all evidence with our medical experts. In standard malpractice cases discovery typically takes 12 months or more, and complex cases with multiple defendants may require 15 to 18 months or longer.

Resolution through settlement or trial. Most medical malpractice cases resolve through settlement, but we prepare every case as if it will go to trial. We participate in the mandatory settlement conferences required by New York court rules, negotiate with insurance companies and defense counsel, and file pretrial motions when appropriate. Throughout the case, Porter Law Group bears the burden of proving each of the four elements by a preponderance of the evidence, presenting expert testimony, medical records, and other evidence to demonstrate that malpractice occurred and caused your injuries.

Common Injuries in a Medical Malpractice Case

Medical errors produce a wide range of injuries, and the type and permanence of the harm are the primary drivers of case value. The injuries below are among the most common we see in Syracuse medical malpractice cases.

Surgical complications. Errors during surgery range from wrong-site operations to retained instruments, nerve damage, and organ perforation. These often require corrective surgery and produce permanent consequences that increase the cost and value of a claim.

Misdiagnosis injuries. A missed or delayed diagnosis of cancer, stroke, or heart attack allows a serious condition to progress untreated. The harm caused by the delay, rather than the underlying disease itself, is what gives rise to the malpractice claim.

Brain injuries. Anesthesia errors, oxygen deprivation during surgery, and medication overdoses can cause cognitive impairment ranging from memory and processing deficits to a persistent vegetative state. These produce some of the highest verdicts in medical malpractice law because of the lifetime care they require.

Spinal cord injuries. Surgical errors near the spine can cause permanent nerve damage, partial paralysis, or complete paralysis, often requiring extensive, lifelong care.

Birth injuries. Negligence during labor and delivery can cause cerebral palsy, hypoxic brain injury, and Erb’s palsy. Because the damages last a lifetime, these cases can produce large verdicts, and they require the coordination of maternal-fetal medicine, neonatology, and pediatric neurology experts.

Compensation Available in a Medical Malpractice Case

Medical malpractice cases often involve severe, long-term injuries directly attributable to a trusted professional. Patients who experienced medical malpractice in Syracuse may be entitled to economic and non-economic damages.

Economic damages cover measurable financial losses, including past and future medical expenses, lost wages, reduced earning capacity, the cost of medical equipment, household or nursing help, and other out-of-pocket costs caused by the error.

Non-economic damages cover pain and suffering, emotional distress, mental anguish, disfigurement, permanent disability, loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of consortium. New York places no statutory cap on these damages in most medical malpractice cases, which is one reason New York verdicts are among the highest in the country. Punitive damages are rare but available when a provider acted with gross recklessness or conscious disregard for patient safety.

Every case is evaluated individually, and there is no average or range that reliably predicts what a specific medical malpractice claim is worth. Value is shaped by a combination of factors:

Factors that increase case value include a clear deviation from the standard of care, severe and permanent injury, strong causation evidence, and high pre-injury income. Factors that decrease value include pre-existing conditions, complex causation, shared medical decision-making, and limited insurance coverage. Results depend on the specific facts of each case, and no attorney can promise a particular outcome. Our Syracuse medical malpractice lawyers document and project every category of loss so you never settle before the long-term cost of your injury is understood.

When a patient is severely injured by medical negligence, the costs mount quickly, and if a lifetime of care is required, families can be overwhelmed both emotionally and financially. Health insurance and government programs typically cover only basic care, so the cost of advanced treatment, rehabilitation, adaptive equipment, in-home nursing, and lost future earnings often falls on the injured patient and their family. That is why full and fair compensation matters, and why we work with medical, vocational, and economic experts to calculate every category of present and future loss before any demand is made or settlement is accepted.

Who Can Be Held Liable for Medical Malpractice?

Determining liability in medical malpractice cases is not always straightforward. While the doctor primarily responsible for your care is often the key defendant, other individuals and entities may share liability. You can sue both the doctor and the hospital: hospitals are independently liable for the errors of their employed staff, inadequate staffing, infection-control failures, and systemic process failures, and in many cases the hospital carries more insurance coverage than the individual physician.

Parties that may be held accountable include:

• Healthcare professionals, including physicians, surgeons, and residents, nurses and nurse practitioners, physician assistants, anesthesiologists, radiologists, dentists, and mental health providers.
• Medical facilities, including hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospice centers.
• Other entities, including medical corporations and groups and pharmaceutical companies.

Many people assume only doctors and hospitals can be held responsible, but in reality any provider involved in a patient’s care can be liable, from the staff member wheeling a patient into the emergency room to the pharmacist filling a prescription. Porter Law Group works to identify every negligent individual and entity and pursue full and fair compensation from each one. We draw from decades of experience in medical malpractice litigation and work with board-certified medical experts across specialties so that no responsible party is overlooked.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long do I have to file a medical malpractice lawsuit in Syracuse?

You generally have two and a half years from the date of the negligent treatment to file a medical malpractice lawsuit in New York. Important exceptions apply: if your doctor continued treating you for the same condition, the clock may not start until that treatment ends, and if cancer was misdiagnosed, New York’s Lavern’s Law may extend your deadline. Because these rules are fact-specific and the pre-filing expert process takes time, contacting an attorney as soon as possible after a suspected error is critical.

How do I know if what happened to me is malpractice?

Not every bad medical outcome is malpractice. A viable claim requires showing that your provider’s care fell below the standard a competent professional in the same field would have delivered, and that this failure directly caused your injury. The best way to find out is a free consultation with a medical malpractice attorney who can review your records and have them evaluated by a specialist.

Can I sue the hospital as well as the doctor?

Yes. Hospitals can be independently liable for errors by their employed staff, inadequate staffing, failures in infection control, and systemic process failures. In many cases the hospital is the deeper-pocketed defendant and carries more insurance coverage than the individual physician. An attorney evaluates all potentially liable parties before any demand is made.

What is a certificate of merit and why do I need one?

New York requires that before a medical malpractice lawsuit is filed, the attorney must certify that a qualified medical expert has reviewed the case and found a reasonable basis for the claim. Without this certificate, the case cannot proceed. It is one of the reasons medical malpractice cases require attorney involvement earlier than other types of personal injury claims.

What is the hardest part of proving a medical malpractice case?

The hardest part is usually establishing causation, meaning linking the provider’s specific mistake to your injury in a way that overcomes arguments about pre-existing conditions or the natural progression of disease. Defendants often argue the harm would have occurred anyway. New York requires credible expert testimony both to define the standard of care and to connect the breach to your outcome, which is why we work with board-certified specialists who can explain complex medicine to a jury.

How long does a Syracuse medical malpractice case take to resolve?

Medical malpractice cases take longer than most personal injury claims because of the expert-intensive nature of the evidence, and most cases in Syracuse resolve within two to four years from the date of the error. After the pre-filing records review and certificate of merit, discovery alone commonly runs 12 to 24 months, and most cases settle before trial once all experts are disclosed. If a case does go to trial, medical malpractice trials in Onondaga County typically run one to three weeks. The stages are outlined in more detail above.

How much does a Syracuse medical malpractice lawyer cost?

Porter Law Group handles Syracuse medical malpractice cases on a contingency fee basis. You pay nothing upfront and nothing unless we win your case, and initial consultations are always free.

Syracuse, Onondaga County, and Statewide Service Area

Our headquarters is in Syracuse, and we maintain offices throughout New York State, including Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, Saratoga Springs, and New York City, so we can meet clients wherever they are. Porter Law Group represents patients harmed at Upstate Medical University, Crouse Health, St. Joseph’s Health, and healthcare facilities throughout Onondaga County and Central New York, including Liverpool, Cicero, DeWitt, Camillus, Manlius, Solvay, North Syracuse, Baldwinsville, Skaneateles, Fayetteville, and East Syracuse.

Visit our Syracuse, NY location page or browse our statewide offices. As a statewide firm, we also help medical malpractice clients in Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, and New York City. When negligence results in a fatality, our Syracuse wrongful death lawyers and Syracuse personal injury lawyers handle every related claim throughout Onondaga County. Read our latest updates on the Porter Law Group blog.

Contact Syracuse’s Trusted Medical Malpractice Lawyers

When a provider’s negligence causes serious harm anywhere in Syracuse or Onondaga County, you do not have to face this challenging time alone. You deserve a legal team that understands what is at stake and will work with board-certified medical experts to build your case and pursue full and fair compensation on your behalf. When your health, livelihood, and future are on the line after a serious personal injury in New York, trust our experience and dedication to protect your rights.

Our Syracuse office is conveniently located at 100 Madison Street, 15th Floor, Syracuse, NY 13202, with easy parking and accessibility. Cannot come to us? We will come to you, at your home, hospital room, or any location convenient for you. Remember that evidence disappears quickly and strict deadlines apply to medical malpractice claims in New York, so do not delay.

Contact us today at 833-PORTER9 or email info@porterlawteam.com for a free, no-obligation consultation. We work on a contingency fee basis, so you do not pay unless we win your case.

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